David Froomkin
Assistant Professor of Law
David Froomkin is an assistant professor of law at the University of Houston Law Center and an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Political Science, with primary scholarly interests in administrative law, election law, and democratic and constitutional theory. His research focuses on the structure of government and of the democratic process, drawing on political science and political economy as well as analysis of the text and structure of the Constitution.
David received a B.A., cum laude, from Columbia University in 2015, a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2022, and a Ph.D. in Political Science (awarded departmental distinction and university distinction) from Yale University in 2024. His dissertation received the Leonard D. White Award from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public administration.
His scholarship has been accepted for publication in journals including the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the Yale Journal on Regulation, and Political Studies. In addition to other ongoing projects, he is currently completing a book manuscript that develops a new conceptual and normative theory of the separation of powers as a government structure that can reinforce rather than vitiate legislative supremacy.
